The Crown Hotel, Market Street, Lynton, EX35 6AG
Approved on 19 May 2026
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Listed building consent for the proposed light refurbishment of existing pub & restaurant, full refurbishment of hotel lobby lounge, conversion of existing games/billiards room to 2 new hotel bedrooms, new wrought iron external gate, conversion of existing former library room to 1 new hotel room, full refurbishment of bedrooms 8 and 9, redecoration of hotel corridors and all bedrooms, re-fitting of all hotel bathrooms, external repairs and redecoration of building, conversion of externally-accessed store room into new bin store, new external signage, new exterior lighting and refurbishment of trade area WC's.
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Exmoor
- Agent
- K D Paine & Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated7 Jan
- Consult.Consultation16 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided19 May
Decided in 132 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for signage at THE CROWN HOTEL, MARKET STREET, LYNTON, EX35 6AG. Exmoor has handled 119 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 16 weeks longer than Exmoor's typical decision time. The site is in the Lynton conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 380 applications in total for the EX35 postcode area.
96% of heritage applications at Exmoor were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- EX35 6AG
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 February 2026
- Application expires
- 19 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- K D Paine & Associates Ltd
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 132 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 35
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Lynton
- National park: Exmoor
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Exmoor
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